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Africa Is Not A Country: Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa by Dipo Faloyin

Africa Is Not A Country: Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa

Dipo Faloyin

380 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

3.75sgwillym's review
nonfiction history race informative reflective medium-paced
The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan Jones

The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

Dan Jones

392 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

4.0sgwillym's review
nonfiction history informative medium-paced
In Defence Of The Act by Effie Black

In Defence Of The Act

Effie Black

182 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

4.25sgwillym's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional fast-paced
Private Rites by Julia Armfield

Private Rites

Julia Armfield

327 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

4.5sgwillym's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary speculative fiction dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Evenings & Weekends by Oisín McKenna

Evenings & Weekends

Oisín McKenna

344 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

4.25sgwillym's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that changed America by Erik Larson

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that changed America

Erik Larson

424 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

3.5sgwillym's review
nonfiction history true crime dark informative mysterious slow-paced
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

Mary Beard

606 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

4.5sgwillym's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors

Blue Sisters

Coco Mellors

339 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

4.5sgwillym's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Chlorine by Jade Song

Chlorine

Jade Song

256 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

4.25sgwillym's review
fiction contemporary horror lgbtqia+ literary dark tense medium-paced
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

The Great Believers

Rebecca Makkai

421 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

4.5sgwillym's review
fiction contemporary historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced